Thursday, November 27, 2014

Day 195 Thanksgiving in Apalach Part 1

Well, I feel like we've been here long enough that we can call it Apalach like a local. We can be thankful for beautiful weather today - it's crisp and sunny. Could be a little warmer, but we'll take it after the bad weather we've had for a week. Walked around town this morning, taking lots of pictures so we will remember all the great places in this town. It will take 2 blog entries to get them all in. On our journey, we met a man that's been living on the docks for the past 14 years - not on a boat, not in a cottage, not in a warehouse - on the dock in a tent. To each his own. The first photo is the town Christmas tree. It consists of fish netting, buoys, floats, assorted nautical things and lights. Santa arrives tomorrow on a shrimp boat, of course. Sorry we will miss that event. The next pic is of the county jail. It was built in 1949, but the county outgrew it. It's now abandoned. In the back was an outdoor cage elevator to transport prisoners. The third picture is of an old run down building that I felt a connection to every time we walked past it. I kept saying that it spoke to me and John would joke, "Yeah, it's saying - tear me down." Yesterday, I asked a couple, who are renovating a building behind it, what it use to be and they said that it was a cafe, BUT before that, it was in another part of town and it was the school house. How 'bout that! It was channeling to my teacher soul.  The last two pics are of our favorite place - the Bowery Station, it's open backyard, and the marine biologist's package store next door. The old guy, who runs the antique shed that is connected to it, is going to open later and invited us back to do some Christmas shopping. We can beat the Black Friday rush! Will publish part 2 a little later. 





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